• DO sit down and plan a menu before going out to get your ingredients.
The better you plan and get organized, the greater your chances of success.
• DO cook with seasonal ingredients. Most people's appetites revolve around
the weather, therefore your menu should reflect the current season you are
cooking in. For example, braised or slow-cooked meats with root vegetables
in the fall and winter; grilled or seared fish with bitter greens and citrus
flavors in the spring and summer seasons. Ingredients taste better when they’re
in-season--and so will your food.
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• DO NOT start cooking until all your prep is completed.
Cooking can be a lot of fun alone or with friends, but
not when you're left scrambling around the kitchen doing
some last-minute chopping while your food is burning!
• DO NOT attempt a menu you have never executed before.
Experimentation is for the nights you are alone or with
a forgiving significant other. Your objective otherwise
is to be set for success when entertaining: word travels
fast and you don't want your first event to be the last
you ever get to host.
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